Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-26
WILLIE sPRuANCE
Committee.

| brother and friend. While Spruance of the Ar
| ltngton World, and
Whereas, 1t is but right that fitting recog
milton of his many virtues should be made
therefore, be 1t
Resolved, that 1t is but just tribute to the
! memory OF the departed TO say that. in regret
4 ttng his removal fIom our midst, We mourn Tor
! one who was worthy of eur esteem and regard.
| Resolved. that we tenderly condOle with the
| family of which our deceased brother was 8
member in their trials and affllCtion, and de-
! voutly commend them to the keeping of Him
who looks with plying eye upon the sorrow
ing,
Resolved, that while we deeply mourn with
those who, bound TO our departed brother by
the nearest and deepest ties, we share with
| them the hope or q reunion in that better
world, where there are no partngs and where
bliss ineffable reif ms.
Resolved, that page in the minutes of the
proceedings of this association be set q art for
the publication of these resolutions
CAREY w. STYLES,
HENRY MULLER,
s. 81. VERNON,
Committee.
The following beautiful tribute was
also read and made part of the report
of the obituary committee:
IN MEMORY OF GRANVILLE MCPHERSON.
soldier, rest Thy waretare Ger,
Sleep the sleep that knows no breaking,
| Dream of battle fields no more,
Days of danger, nights OF waking"
Granville McPher.on was born in McMinn
| county, Tenn November II, 1926. aud departed
this life at blancO, April e. 1881. When a
| youth he removed with his father 20 Ar
| kansas, In which state he resided until the war.
| When quite young he became a practical sur
| veyor, and by his energy and eXactness won
the highest enComiums from the Surveyor Gen
| eral. In 1859 he received commission Dep
uty United States Surveyor under General Pei
| ham, and by his direction spent several month s
! surveying government lands In New MeXi'o.
After his return from New Mexico he was en-
| gagged n mercantile huginPga W :
| declared, when he nObly res Onded to the call
| for volunteers, and was among the first TO la e
| mp arms in defense of his beloved Southland.
| During the latter part of the war he was in
| the engineer corps, under General $. Il,
! MaXey. When peace was declared he went to
| the Indian Territory, where he engaged in
| merchandising and stock raising, He accum-
| ulated g liberal competence and was doing well
! when he lost mis- wife and little boy. which was
cruel blow to his tender heart. ter interring
| his loved ones near his once happy home, he
moved to UAddO with the remainder of his
children, and in 1872 began the publication of
the Oklahoma Star. In 1876 he removed TO
McAlllster, |. T., bought the indicator office
and consolidated that paper with The Star
hence the name this paper now bears - tar
indicator At the earnest solicitation
of the business men of Blanco, he
moved to this place, January 1873, and
since then has nobly COntended aga INST the
various besetments that generally fall to the
lot OF a country newspaper. In the summer of
1879 he was united in marriage to his now be-
reaved wife, who succeeds him as editor Of the
STANDARDIZATION The subject of this notice
was highly endowed by nature with all the at
tributes of q noble manhood Talented, hon
orable, and high minded, he was eminently ht
ted 10 adorn any high position to which
he might bave attained nut for the deli
cate sta of his health. In his domes-
tic relations, he was kind, AtfeCtlOnate and de-
voted. His family filed the Cearest place in
his heart and he counted no sacrifice too great
for tn cir comfort and happiness. 10 his friends
he was prOyeIbially loyal and true. De was no
fair weather friend, that vanished when the
CLOUDS grew dark, but, even in mlsfortune's
gloom, stood ever ready to lend helping hand.
In his religious views he was a firm
believer In the Infinite love and mercy of
the supreme Father toward His erring
Unite children. He was most ardent
ly attached TO Masonry,in which order he had
been an earnest worker for more than thirty.
nye years. lie was elected Worshiptul Master
of the Magnolia Lodge In Little Rock, Ark,
immediate after he was made q Master
Mason, and from that time until his health
gave way, about ten years ago, he has &C
cupied prominent position. For three years.
he was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
the Indian Territory, and among his Masonic
papers, we find his credentials as repre-
sentative of the Most NOr5niptul Grand
Lodges of Nevada, Iov a and w jersey, in
1876, 1877 and 1878. In the masonic degrees he
had almost reached the highest pinnacle. But
few men In the United States have penetrated
so far as he into the sacred mysteries of the
noble order, and the only one who out ranks
him Is General Albert Pike, the lawyer poet,
his old-time neighUOr and dear personal friend
He had been "regu arly created and dubbed
a Knight of the Red Gross Knight, Tenn
plar and knight of Malta of the Order
of 81. John of Jerusalem" as his care
fully preserved credentials bear witness But
he Is gone, and the hearts of his loved ones are
wrung with deepest anguish as they realize
their irreparable loss But ne repeatedly
assured them that he would meet them in a
better land where parting Is unknown. We
cannot do better than close this imperfect
sketch by transHribing the closing remarks of
his last address as Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge In the Indian Territory, In 1876: "NOW
my brethren, parting word and l Will tress-
pass upon your time no longer. For
has been my pleasure to bear an active part in
Masonry. From the evening ] personated that
artist whose tragic end We commemorate and
whose integrity we should all endC avor 10
initiate, place in the lodge has always been
where the most work was to'be done. ! have
responded " 18th alacrity 10 every ca of my
brethren, and CheeTfuly devoted my time and
tentiOn and what ability | possessed to the
interests of our noble Institution You have
thrice in succession seen fiji TO elevate me to
THAT nigh station the occupancy OF which |
would do honor to the proudest prince or po
tentate of the monarChial world. and while /
know that have fallen far short of filling that
position with the ability 1t deserved, l feel
happy In being able to say that can resign the |
Grand Masters mantle to my successor with |
out blot or stain caused by an un Masonic or
dishonest act.
On motion it was agreed to set aside |
one page in the proceeding of the official |
IepOII VI IuG proceedings Vi Iuls COUNCu- |
ton for each of the deceased members
A communication was read from THE |
GAZETTE inviting the members to hop |
at the Pavilion at night. Accepted.
The election of officers wss deferred |
for the time being.
The report Of the committee on the |
libel law, appointed at the last annual
session, was called for by Colonel E. E. |
Overall. MIR. Johnson OF Houston, as
chairman, made verbal report, in which |
ne related the work of the committee in |
to secure modification of
the law. With other members of the |
committee, he mad attended the last
meeting of the Legislature, and soon
found that the further newspaper man
kept away from there the better for him.
Legislators whom he had approached |
ssid they would readily vote for d law
more drastic and far-reaching, but to q
of the present law. never.
He would, liz the future, vote against the
OF any committee to seek re-
lief from any legislature. If the newspa-
pers of Texas were being uniustly treated
he preferred placing the matter before
the people, and he had faith in the purity
and honesty of Texas public to right all
Ii we expect modification of
the libel law we should show the defects
of the present one and an honest puh1ic |